<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Laws and institutions are constantly tending to gravitate. Like clocks, they must be occasionally cleansed, and wound up, and set ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laws and institutions are constantly tending to gravitate. Like clocks, they must be occasionally cleansed, and wound up, and set to true time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a 'Life of Brian' comes out with Muhammad in the lead role, directed by an Arab equivalent of Theo ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29766]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a 'Life of Brian' comes out with Muhammad in the lead role, directed by an Arab equivalent of Theo van Gogh, it will be a huge step forward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16385]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true art of memory is the art of attention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26959]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true art of memory is the art of attention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, so they have internet on computers now! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, so they have internet on computers now!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25335]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homeless people on the streets knew when she was getting her check. It was no secret. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Homeless people on the streets knew when she was getting her check. It was no secret.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Necessity makes even the timid brave. [Lat., Necessitas etiam timidos fortes facit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity makes even the timid brave. [Lat., Necessitas etiam timidos fortes facit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This hairy meteor did announce The fall of sceptres and of crowns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57822]]></link><description><![CDATA[This hairy meteor did announce The fall of sceptres and of crowns.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be so; and insolence, if unpunished, increases! [Lat., Qui se laisse ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22842]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be so; and insolence, if unpunished, increases! [Lat., Qui se laisse outrager, merite qu'on l'outrage  Et l'audace impunie enfle trop un courage.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You measure a government by how few people need help. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19185]]></link><description><![CDATA[You measure a government by how few people need help.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the midst of life we are in debt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15760]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the midst of life we are in debt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are friends and I do like to pass the day with you in serious and inconsequential chatter. I wouldn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16841]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are friends and I do like to pass the day with you in serious and inconsequential chatter. I wouldn't mind washing up beside you, dusting beside you, reading the back half of the paper while you read the front. We are friends and I would miss you, do miss you and think of you very often.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19219]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ass and His Shadow A TRAVELER hired an Ass to convey him to a distant place. Theday being intensely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1501]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ass and His Shadow A TRAVELER hired an Ass to convey him to a distant place. Theday being intensely hot, and the sun shining in its strength, theTraveler stopped to rest, and sought shelter from the heat underthe Shadow of the Ass. As this afforded only protection for one,and as the Traveler and the owner of the Ass both claimed it, aviolent dispute arose between them as to which of them had theright to the Shadow. The owner maintained that he had let theAss only, and not his Shadow. The Traveler asserted that he had,with the hire of the Ass, hired his Shadow also. The quarrelproceeded from words to blows, and while the men fought, the Assgalloped off. In quarreling about the shadow we often lose the substance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big time. That's all I can say about our seniors. They've been leading us all year and it showed tonight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Big time. That's all I can say about our seniors. They've been leading us all year and it showed tonight as both of them stepped up big.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: Can't live with them, or without them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29577]]></link><description><![CDATA[These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: Can't live with them, or without them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24748]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know why I'm not playing. I'm frustrated. I got in shape. I didn't go on the (two-game) trip, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33504]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know why I'm not playing. I'm frustrated. I got in shape. I didn't go on the (two-game) trip, stayed back, worked on getting in shape. I hoped I would be playing today, but obviously I'm not. I'm going to talk to him tomorrow and see what my status is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66059]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our girls have been great in being very proactive with understanding their roles in society go beyond just school and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our girls have been great in being very proactive with understanding their roles in society go beyond just school and athletics. It definitely looked like they enjoyed the opportunity to make a difference in someone else's life. Hopefully with this event and the others they have organized, they realize this is something they need to do beyond their years here at TCU.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The person of wisdom is the person of years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1807]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person of wisdom is the person of years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At first laying down, as a fact fundamental, That nothing with God can be accidental. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/296]]></link><description><![CDATA[At first laying down, as a fact fundamental, That nothing with God can be accidental.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the guys were a little anxious out there early on and the shots just weren't falling. But we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38072]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the guys were a little anxious out there early on and the shots just weren't falling. But we got the shots we wanted and were in the right spots to score, so that's all you can ask. As long as we do that, the shots are going to fall eventually.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep fighting for animals by making compassionate, cruelty-free choices every day and encouraging those around you to do the same. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep fighting for animals by making compassionate, cruelty-free choices every day and encouraging those around you to do the same.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Edmund of the East Angles, Martyr, 870 Commemoration of Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a Restorer of the Religious Life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Edmund of the East Angles, Martyr, 870 Commemoration of Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a Restorer of the Religious Life in the Church of England, 1876   We take nothing to the grave with us, but a good or evil conscience... It is true, terrors of conscience cast us down; and yet without terrors of conscience we cannot be raised up again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63601]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think I was doing everything right, but sometimes even when you're doing right things it's not working. He just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36700]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think I was doing everything right, but sometimes even when you're doing right things it's not working. He just played too well when he had to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great is the Tailor, but not the greatest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great is the Tailor, but not the greatest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are my lover and I am your mistress and kingdoms and empires and governments have tottered and succumbed before ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25985]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are my lover and I am your mistress and kingdoms and empires and governments have tottered and succumbed before now to that mighty combination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice renders to every one his due. [Lat., Justitia suum cuique distribuit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23647]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice renders to every one his due. [Lat., Justitia suum cuique distribuit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The foundation of family - that\'s where it all begins for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66741]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foundation of family - that\'s where it all begins for me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Avon to the Severn runs, The Severn, to the sea,  And Wickliff's dust shall spread abroad   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12640]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Avon to the Severn runs, The Severn, to the sea,  And Wickliff's dust shall spread abroad   Wide as the waters be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under the sooty flag of Acheron, Harpies and Hydras. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16141]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under the sooty flag of Acheron, Harpies and Hydras.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19557]]></link><description><![CDATA[I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief... For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sorrow is the great idealizer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sorrow is the great idealizer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steps with a tender foot, light as on air, The lovely, lordly creature floated on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Steps with a tender foot, light as on air, The lovely, lordly creature floated on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3347]]></link><description><![CDATA[The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.209  We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7513]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.209  We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave us at peace in our vices, but that He may deliver us from them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All Christian worship is a witness of the resurrection of Him who liveth for ever and ever. Because He lives, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41185]]></link><description><![CDATA[All Christian worship is a witness of the resurrection of Him who liveth for ever and ever. Because He lives, "now abideth faith, hope, charity."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14463]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are making investments now so they need our advice as to how to go about doing it. So an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32873]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are making investments now so they need our advice as to how to go about doing it. So an agreement is urgent for us in the U.S..]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among the barbarians as well is the People's Republic of China with a gulag all of its own - far, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29845]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among the barbarians as well is the People's Republic of China with a gulag all of its own - far, far more sophisticated than the Russians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who climbs the grammar-tree, distinctly knows Where noun, and verb, and participle grows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who climbs the grammar-tree, distinctly knows Where noun, and verb, and participle grows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24000</guid></item></channel></rss>